Mercosur

• Wednesday, November 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Major 7.7 quake rocks North Chile and is felt in Peru and Bolivia

  

  A major earthquake struck northern Chile on Wednesday, toppling power lines, closing roads and sending terrified residents into the streets. The first reports from the area indicate that two people were killed and dozens injured. However copper smelting in the world's largest mining area resumed a few hours later. The quake was also felt in the capital Santiago as well as neighboring Peru and Bolivia.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Bank of the South charter to be signed in Buenos Aires

  

  The foundation charter of the regional development Bank of the South will take place in Buenos Aires on December 9 and will be signed by the presidents from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, confirmed Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Latam leaders: last Ibero-American day Summit in Chile

  

  Chávez and leftist allies in Bolivia and Ecuador have tightened state control over their energy industries and Bolivia, one of the poorest countries in the Western Hemisphere, recently forced Argentina and Brazil to pay more for its natural gas.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  King Juan Carlos I tells Pte. Chavez to 'Shut Up'

  

  King Juan Carlos I of Spain cast royal decorum aside today when Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez repeatedly try to interrupt the Spanish prime minister at a summit in Chile.

• Saturday, November 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Leaders agree to fight poverty at Ibero-American summit

  

  Leaders from Portugal, Spain, Andorra and 19 Latin American countries agreed to cooperate in promoting democracy and fighting social inequality at the 17th Ibero-American Summit, which ended Saturday in the Chilean capital.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ibero-American Summit begins in Chile

  

  The 17th Ibero-American summit kicked off Thursday, bringing together Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries in Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Andorra, to discuss regional social issues and bilateral problems between neighbors.

• Friday, November 9th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines:
  Welcome back, boys!; New port report out now; New Lan aircraft - but no change for Falklands; UN's Ki-moon in South America.

• Wednesday, November 7th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur requests WTO 16% expansion of sensitive goods

  

  Mercosur will request this week before the World Trade Organization, WTO, a 16% expansion in the number of sensitive industrial goods to be excluded from the consolidated tariff expected to be agreed during the Doha Round negotiations, which to all practical effects will mean an overall drop in external tariffs for out of the region imports.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Emotional return of UK 82' veterans to the Falkland Islands

  

  TWO hundred and fifty British Falklands War veterans landed at Mount Pleasant Airport at 9am this morning. The group visit under the auspices of the charity the South Atlantic Medal Association (82).

• Monday, November 5th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Centrist claims win in Guatemala

  

  A former army general who once took on the insurgency in Guatemala's long civil war lost his battle for the country's presidency on Sunday night, with voters rejecting his plan to use an iron fist, as well as the country's military, to control a sky-high murder rate.